Much awaited: Fury’s Klitschko rematch to take place in October

World heavyweight champion's rematch with Ukrainian will take place in Manchester

LONDON: World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s rematch with Wladimir Klitschko will take place in Manchester on October 29.

Fury claimed a shock win over Ukrainian Klitschko to take the WBA, WBO and IBF belts in Dusseldorf last November.

The 28-year-old British fighter agreed to face Klitschko again, which meant he was stripped of the IBF title for failing to face its mandatory challenger.

A July date for the return bout was postponed after Fury suffered an ankle injury and Klitschko recently revealed he intended to go to court over the negotiations of a rematch with the controversial Fury. Shortly after Fury postponed the original date, reports emerged that he had been the subject of a doping investigation last year.



Fury denied the allegations but in August UK Anti-Doping revealed he had been provisionally suspended in June over the presence of a prohibited substance.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 8^th, 2016.

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